Hundreds of girls screamed as the Fab Four’s limo went down Wall Street to the hotel, where others tried every possible way to get near their room, 272. A couple girls even tried swimming in the chilly waters from West Seattle and had to be rescued by a patrol boat.

Thursday afternoon, The Beatles were back there – kind of – entertaining nostalgic fans and music lovers.

The crew of Experience The Beatles with Rain – the tribute show that has performed on Broadway – was at the Edgewater Hotel’s Six Seven Lounge for a three-song acoustic set. Warm 106.9 FM host Mark Christopher also shared stories of when the Beatles stayed at the Edgewater, fishing out of a room window when that was still allowed. (They didn’t catching anything.)

Pictures of Rain’s performance at the Edgewater are above. If you missed that, the show plays at historic Moore Theatre through Monday. Tickets range from $27 to $47. Click here for more.

The high-end luxury hotels refused to take the Beatles because of all the liability and crazed U.S. crowds in 1964, noted first in the band’s New York arrival six months prior. But Don Wright, manager of the Edgewater, thought it would be a great chance for publicity.

He had to pay $350 a day for three days of insurance – triple the normal rate. But it worked. Today the much-renovated room 272 is the Edgewater’s Beatles Suite, and people come from around the world to stay there.

In 2009, Wright’s widow, Ann, opened her scrapbook for seattlepi.com and shared stories of the Beatles 1964 stay in Seattle. Click here to read the story, or follow this link for more notes about the concert, including a recollection from legendary disc jockey Pat O’Day.